PetrSU is the best on the Internationalization criterion in the rating of Russia's classical universities

PetrSU has won the first place on the Internationalization criterion in the rating of Russia's classical universities. The rating was made by Interfax News Agency and Echo of Moscow radio station.

Universities located in cities of all the seven federal districts of the country were chosen to participate in the rating. Survey responses from the academic society, employers and graduates were used for evaluation of these universities.

Petrozavodsk State University has won the 20th place in the general Russian Universities' rating of 2009. It has also won the first place on the Internationalization criterion, the 6th place on the Brand criterion, the 20th on the Education criterion, and the 23rd on the Public Opinion and Socialization criteria.

The best three universities in the rating are Lomonosov Moscow State University, Saint-Petersburg State University, and Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.